Sept. 23, 2008
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-281-8171
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-178
NASA TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE STATION EXPEDITION
HOUSTON -- The work of the next International Space Station residents
will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 1
p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask questions.
Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, Flight Engineer and Soyuz
Commander Yuri Lonchakov and U.S. spaceflight participant Richard
Garriott are scheduled to launch in a Soyuz spacecraft Oct. 12 from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will arrive at the
station Oct. 14. Garriott will return home with the two Russian
members of the Expedition 17 crew on Oct. 24. Fincke and Lonchakov
will join NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who has been on board the
orbiting complex since June.
The briefers who will preview Expedition 18 are:
-- Michael Suffredini, International Space Station Program manager
-- Susan Brand, Expedition 18 increment manager
-- Ron Spencer, Expedition 18 lead flight director
-- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming
video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crews, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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